13 ideas
19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
4742 | Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong] |
7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
9497 | Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong] |
15550 | Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
4743 | The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong] |
19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |
4798 | In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos] |